13 November 2010

Everyone knows Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, and Jayson Werth are the elite players on the market and will command top dollar. But who are slipping through the cracks and would provide teams with quality production for a substantially lower rate than the top guys? FOXSports.com MLB analyst Jim Bowden tells us his bargain buys of this MLB Hot Stove.

Andre Igoudala has always had tremendous hops and he proved it last night in this Awesome Play From The NBA when he gets the pass on the fast break and absolutely murders the legendary Brian Cardinal of the Dallas Mavericks. Take a look.

Blake Griffin has been awesome this young season, his first, as he is now averaging a double-double with 16.6 points per game and 10.9 boards per game. And last night in this Awesome Play From The NBA, Griffin shows athleticism that you don't see from power forwards when he picks off a pass and reverse slams in home against the Pistons last night at Staples Center.

Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves is now in company with some of the all-time greats like Moses Malone, Robert Parish, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and George Mikan in scoring 31 points and grabbing 31 rebounds in a game as he did last night against the New York Knicks.

12 November 2010

Watch Boston Celtics start point guard knife right through the Miami Heat defense last night towards the end of the first quarter and soar over the top for the jam. Having Kevin Harlan on the call is an added bonus.

It was a loss last night against the Golden State Warriors for the New York Knicks but plays like this from Amare Stoudemire are why the Knicks gave him the big money. This Awesome Play From The NBA features Amare colleting his own rebound and jamming it home at Madison Square Garden.

10 November 2010

The 2010-11 College Basketball season is upon us and what does that mean? The return of College Basketball on CBS which starts it's 30th season December 4th. Here is the 14 week regular season & Championship Week schedule on CBS Sports.

We all know that Cameron Newton is the front-runner for the Heisman but who else is in the mix if Newton falls by the wayside? 1984 Heisman Trophy winner and college football analyst Doug Flutie breaks down the Heisman hopefuls for Behind The Mic on SI.com.

Bill Walker of the New York Knicks has always had huge hops. And he showcases them in the
Knicks blowout loss to the Bucks in Milwaukee where he soars over Bucks center Andrew Bogut with an epic slam in this Awesome Play From The NBA.

09 November 2010

In the Sunday Night demolition of the Dallas Cowboys, Packers safety Nick Collins purposely laid a helmet-to-helmet hit on Cowboys receiver Roy Williams and left him on the ground for a bit. I'l get to why I think Collins should be suspended for that hit but first, let's go to the videotape.

Bryant Gumbel does terrific work on Real Sports and I'm sure he was wonderful hosting The Today Show. But he could not call a football game if his life depended on it. He was the very first play-by-play guy for NFL Network's Run To The Playoffs and he was an odd hire because he had never broadcasted before. And surprisingly, he was awful. He made his brother, a mediocre broadcaster in his own right, look like Curt Gowdy. And he bumbled the end of the broadcast of a high-profile matchup between the Packers and Cowboys so bad it is today's Terrible Moment In Broadcasting.

Now, the number 2 team in the nation taking on a team that is sitting at 5-5 would not seem like a close one at all. But with the Georgia Bulldogs finding their stride of late and the Auburn Tigers and star quarterback Cam Newton dealing with a major distraction, this just might be a major test for Auburn in their quest for a national championship. Could Georgia pull off the upset? Or will Auburn roll?
My college football week 11 predictions are next.

For 20 years, Jon Miller and Joe Morgan have been a part of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, which was ESPN's game of the week. However today ESPN announced that the two hall of famers (Morgan as a player in 1990, Miller as a recipient of the Ford Frick Award in 2010) will no longer be working Sunday Night Baseball as the World Wide Leader has declined to renew Morgan's contract and have asked Miller to become the radio voice of Sunday Night Baseball.

After a disastrous performance in Green Bay in which his team failed to try in a 45-7 loss, Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips has been fired. Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett has been promoted to be the interim head coach and Defensive Line coach Paul Pasqualoni will be in charge of the defense.

Lord knows how much I despise Michael Kay. Nor am I the only one. He is a blatant homer, does not know anything about baseball, and certainly does not know how to call a game. And in this Terrible Moment In Broadcasting on Opening Day 2010, Kay does not even know where he is.

07 November 2010

Now I'm a big fan of Kevin Harlan. But on November 4, 2010, Harlan was calling a pretty exciting game on TNT between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Portland Trail Blazers that Harlan fudged the score at the end to make a meaningless three pointer by Armon Johnson important. Or he just flat out did not know the score that was right in front of him on his monitor. I'm feeling the latter.
Anyways, the premiere edition of Terrible Moments In Broadcasting features my boy Kevin Harlan.

A breakthrough by the rookie Jacoby Ford and a game-winning field goal in overtime by Sebastian Janikowski keyed the Oakland Raiders' victory over the Kansas City Chiefs 23-20. This is the first time the Raiders, now 5-4, have a winning record in a season since they started 2-1 in 2004 and have not had a winning record this late in the season since they went to the Super Bowl in 2002. Also, this was their first home sellout since the home opener of last year. Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots break down the exciting game in Oakland.